any food for only his own use; nor should be slaughter
animals (for food) except in sacrifices.[1000] If
it be an animal which the householder desires to kill
(for food), or if it be a tree which he wishes to cut
down (for fuel), he should do either act according
to the ritual laid down in the Yajuses for that much
is due to both animate and inanimate existences.
The house-holder should never sleep during the day,
or during the first part of the night, or during the
last part thereof. He should never eat twice
between morning and evening, and should never summon
his wife to bed except in her season. In his
house, no Brahmana should be suffered to remain unfed
or unworshipped. He should always worship such
guests as are presenters of sacrificial offerings,
as are cleansed by Vedic lore and observance of excellent
vows, as are high-born and conversant with the scriptures,
as are observers of the duties of their own order,
as are self-restrained, mindful of all religious acts,
and devoted to penances. The scriptures ordain
that what is offered to the deities and the Pitris
in sacrifices and religious rites is meant for the
service of guests like these. In this mode of
life the scriptures ordain that a share of the food
(that is cooked) should be given unto every creature
(irrespective of his birth or character), unto one,
that is, who for the sake of show keeps his nails
and beard, unto one who from pride displays what his
own (religious) practices are, unto one who has improperly
abandoned his sacred fire, and even unto one who has
injured his preceptor. One leading a domestic
mode of life should give (food) unto Brahmacharins
and Sannyasins. The householder should every
day become an eater of vighasa, and should every day
eat amrita. Mixed with clarified butter, the remains
of the food that is offered in sacrifices constitute
amrita. That householder who eats after having
fed (all relatives and) servants is said to eat vighasa.
The food that remains after the servants have been
fed is called vighasa, and that which is left after
the presentation of sacrificial offerings is called
amrita. One leading a domestic mode of life should
be content with his own wedded wife. He should
be self-restrained. He should avoid malice and
subdue his senses. He should never quarrel with
his Ritwik, Purohita, and preceptor, with his maternal
uncle, guests and dependants, with the aged and the
young in years, with those that are afflicted with
diseases, with those that practise as physicians,
with kinsmen, relatives, and friends, with his parents,
with women that belong to his own paternal family,
with his brother and son and wife, with his daughter,
and with his servants. By avoiding disputes with
these, the householder becomes cleansed of all sins.
By conquering such disputes, he succeeds in conquering
all the regions of felicity (in the world hereafter).
There is no doubt in this.[1001] The preceptor (if
duly reverenced) is able to lead one to the regions